Bardwell, 4x800 relay place second

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Mar 18, 2013 at 10:56 PMMar 18, 2013 at 10:57 PM

PTHS competes at indoor track meets

Two Pontiac athletes placed second at two of the biggest indoor meets in the state over the weekend. The PTHS boys placed second in a relay at the Gene Armer Invitational meet at the University of Illinois Saturday and a thrower on the girls’ squad set a personal-best indoor mark in taking second at the Byron Girls’ Invitational.Byron Indoor Miranda Bardwell heaved the shot put 34 feet, 6 inches to take second in the event. It was also the second-best indoor mark in school history in the event for the Indians. Skylar Alford took third place in the triple jump with a hop, skip and jump of 30-10. Alford also took fifth in the long jump with a leap of 14-4. Alford anchored the 4x200 relay, joining Kelly Pagel, Abby Muir and Jorden Grieff for a time of 1:55.97 and a fourth-place finish. Pagel, Muir and Grieff were teamed with Ashley Johnson in placing fifth in the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:25.69. The girls’ first outdoor meet is scheduled for March 26.Gene Armer Invite The 4x800 relay team of Zac Justus, Brayden Cain, Ryan Ingram and Shawn Milhauser took second with a time of 8:19.16 at the Armer Invite, held at the Armory on the UI campus. As a team, the Indians placed ninth with 29 points at the 31-team meet. Scoring fourth-place points for the Tribe were Bryan Worby and Nick Wotton. Worby had a time of 53.23 seconds in the 400-meter dash and Wotton cleared 13 feet in the pole vault. Justus was fifth in the 800 run at 2:03.33. Milhauser was sixth in the 1,600 at 4:33.74. Matt Tribley was seventh in the triple jump (41-2 3/4), Worby was eighth in the long jump (20-2 3/4) and Aaron Metcalf was eighth in the high jump (5-10). Head coach Dave Young also noted that the 4x200 relay team of Wotton, Tribley, Michael Hones and Humberto Serna ran their season-best time. Worby, Metcalf, Hones and Justus also recorded a season-best time in the 4x400 relay. Pontiac’s first scheduled outdoor meet is set for March 30 at the Peoria Open. The Indians will host the co-ed Livingston Invitational on April 18 and the Pontiac Relays on April 23.